'Rent' was a special project for me. It was my first notable screenplay job. I worked with two wonderful directors on it,… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I wrote the first draft of my first novel at Michigan, and then I wrote the first draft of 'Salvage the Bones'… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I wrote the first draft of 'Madame Bovary' without studying the previous translations, although I gathered them and took the occasional peek. — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
Suzanne [Collins] was very involved in the development of the script. She wrote the first draft. She was very involved with Billy… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
I wrote a draft of 'Playboy' for Warner Brothers, and it was impossible to really be independent of Hugh Hefner. In the… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
I discovered John Truby ten years ago when a friend told me about his screenwriting course. I studied Truby's principles for a… — Caroline Lawrence Copy Share Image
I wrote the first draft of the New People quickly but it had been percolating a lot longer. It's a hard question… — Danzy Senna Copy Share Image
I remember Emilio [Estevez] and I were at John's house during the rehearsal process. And John [Huges] had mentioned he wrote the… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
“Gaiman wrote the first draft in fountain pen, in several five-hundred-page, leather-bound sketchbooks that he purchased in a close-out sale. "I really… — Hank Wagner Copy Share Image
I had read [Charles] Dickens's novels were often published serially. I thought it would be fun to write a book, just sitting… — Lynne Rae Perkins Copy Share Image
Six years after I wrote the first draft of 'Plan B,' I received my first paycheck as a writer. It included both… — Lisa Lutz Copy Share Image
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